With All Eyes on Election, Stocks Barely Budge

Stocks closed essentially unchanged Friday as mixed economic news and earnings data failed to distract traders from next week’s mid-term elections and Federal Reserve policy statement.
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What U.S. Markets Sorely Lack: Investors’ Faith

Two crashes in recent years are bad enough, but investors are also facing high-frequency traders, bearish insiders, less-than-honest corporate self-portrayals and a moribund mortgage market. It’s no wonder they’ve lost confiden…

Stocks Close Mixed on Earnings and G-20 Anxiety

Stocks closed mixed Friday as another round of solid third-quarter earnings reports was checked by rising anxiety about the dollar. Despite the uncertainty, stocks pulled off their third straight week of gains.
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UPS Earnings Preview: Strong Profit Growth Seen

United Parcel Service, the world’s largest package delivery company, is expected to report sharply higher third-quarter profit on strong revenue growth when it reports before Thursday’s opening bell.
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